I'm really happy to be involved in this project. Understand Illustration. Written by Derek Brazell and Jo Davies, Published by A&C Black and Bloomsbury. 

As designer I wanted to  create contemporary and well structured book, that is easy to navigate and read, that shows off the Illustrations to their best and sits well among the many design and illustration books out there in the marked.

Understanding Illustration examines an eclectic and carefully selected set of fascinating images and projects that look at the function of illustrative imagery and the context in which it is created. Featuring an international range of top-of-their-game illustrators, the book celebrates the art and the thinking behind it.

 

From an illustrated lighthouse in northern Norway to an Australian beer bottle label,Understanding Illustration takes in the huge sweep that illustration covers.

 

Covering four sections: Documentary, Off the Printed Page, Traditional Uses and Message the book covers projects as diverse as an interactive microsite for Adobe; elephant reportage from India; following the footsteps of USA presidents; giant monsters for Mulberry; The Thousand Nights fairy tales and African American history.

 

From two dimensional work for books from Shaun Tan and Audrey Niffenegger to imagery from Kristjana S Williams used interactively by the public at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum and through to three dimensional models created by Red Nose Studio for the USA Postal service and Nathan Jurevicius’s Scary Girl vinyl figures.